School Transport

580. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education to examine the case for the establishment of an extra bus route (details supplied). [10974/25]

582. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be considered as a pilot school in the programme for Government school transport 2030 scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10996/25]

588. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if a bus service can be provided to transport students from Ardfert, County Kerry to a post-primary school (details supplied), as post-primary schools in Tralee are at full capacity, compelling students to enrol in this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11023/25]

589. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the reason a school bus route (details supplied) has not resumed since it was stopped during Covid restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11028/25]

613. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with Bus Éireann and introduce a local school bus service in north Tipperary (details supplied) for the upcoming school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11192/25]

618. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 6 November 2024, if an application by a group (details supplied) for school transport will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11270/25]

636. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the trouble families in Saggart are facing with transport to school (details supplied); if she will instruct his Department to investigate this matter and ensure children in the area have adequate transport to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11379/25]

642. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct Bus Éireann through the post-primary school transport scheme to ensure that a new bus pick-up stop will be installed in Clogheen village for collection to schools in Mitchelstown, County Cork, as the recommendations of the school transport scheme are due to come into place from September 2025 (details supplied); and i…

645. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 20 February 2025, if the case will be re-examined given further information has come to hand on the matter of school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11505/25]

656. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the changes being implemented on the school transport scheme for the 2025-2026 year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11659/25]

657. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she will examine a pilot scheme to include areas of high urban school densities, like Douglas in Cork city, as a school transport for all hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11660/25]

658. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the changes being implemented on the school transport scheme for the 2025-2026 year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11661/25]

659. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she will implement a use-it-or-lose-it check on school transport tickets for the forthcoming 2025-2026 season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11662/25]

660. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the mapping technologies that will be used for distance criteria under school transport changes announced in the review in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11663/25]

661. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if the changes announced on school transport due to come in for September 2025 on rule changes for distance and nearest school have taken place; the number of additional buses and drivers required, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11664/25]

662. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the status of the review of terms and conditions for school bus escorts as outlined in the 2024 review of school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11665/25]

663. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education to provide Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas with direct name and contact details of the managers in each county for school transport. [11666/25]

668. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 20 February 2025, if the case will be re-examined given that further information has come to hand on the matter of school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11698/25]

686. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education when the commitment in the Programme for Government that an independent assessment on the feasibility of removing the exclusion of drivers aged over 70 from the school transport scheme is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11824/25]

693. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education to review a bus ticket for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11891/25]

702. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with Bus Éireann on the rule that drivers on school transport must be under 70 years of age (details supplied). [11967/25]

711. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education for the number of primary and secondary school students who have received an Irish exemption each year for the past five years; the number in each category of grounds for qualification for an exemption, for all schools across the State, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12060/25]

712. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that many secondary schools are actively encouraging some parents of primary school students preparing to start second level education to apply for a Gaeilge exemption so that they may receive other educational supports during Gaeilge teaching time; that this has become a standard practise for secondary schools wh…

717. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently review the mandatory retirement age of 70 for Bus Éireann drivers, given the serious shortage of school bus drivers; if she will consider allowing medically fit and capable drivers to continue working beyond this age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12106/25]

725. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education when her Department intends to implement the proposed reduction in the distance eligibility criterion for post-primary students under the school transport scheme from 4.8 km to 2 km; if she will provide details on the planned timeline and any associated budgetary or operational considerations; and if she will make a statement on the matter…